Climate and Happiness
... The impacts of the enhanced greenhouse effect are many and diverse (Smith et al., 2001; Tol, 2002). Tackling the problem of future climate change is one of the most challenging issues of this century and has major implications for policies of development and environmental management. Efforts to redu ...
... The impacts of the enhanced greenhouse effect are many and diverse (Smith et al., 2001; Tol, 2002). Tackling the problem of future climate change is one of the most challenging issues of this century and has major implications for policies of development and environmental management. Efforts to redu ...
What`s New in TerrSet
... parameters such as price elasticity of demand for agriculture on newly deforested land. GeOSIRIS empirically determines the effective opportunity cost based on a set of environmental variables and a provided map of potential agricultural revenue. Outputs include maps of expected carbon emissions wit ...
... parameters such as price elasticity of demand for agriculture on newly deforested land. GeOSIRIS empirically determines the effective opportunity cost based on a set of environmental variables and a provided map of potential agricultural revenue. Outputs include maps of expected carbon emissions wit ...
Prof. Dong Suocheng
... Ulmus pumila, Ailanthus altissima. The forest mode of Robinia pseudoacacia mixed with Fraxinus velutina with 3:1 proportion, and mode of Robinia pseudoacacia mixed with Ulmus pumila, Ailanthus altissima with 1:1 proportion are modeled. Using research methods of Fang J, Dai J (2010) and others, in ac ...
... Ulmus pumila, Ailanthus altissima. The forest mode of Robinia pseudoacacia mixed with Fraxinus velutina with 3:1 proportion, and mode of Robinia pseudoacacia mixed with Ulmus pumila, Ailanthus altissima with 1:1 proportion are modeled. Using research methods of Fang J, Dai J (2010) and others, in ac ...
Assessing the adequacy of current fisheries
... likely impacts of climate change at a range of levels, from individual to population responses, as well as ecosystem ramifications. Examples span polar (Antarctic krill fishery), temperate (west coast pelagic fishery, abalone and rock lobster), and tropical (Torres Strait rock lobster) commercially imp ...
... likely impacts of climate change at a range of levels, from individual to population responses, as well as ecosystem ramifications. Examples span polar (Antarctic krill fishery), temperate (west coast pelagic fishery, abalone and rock lobster), and tropical (Torres Strait rock lobster) commercially imp ...
The Human Condition in the Anthropocene
... been created by the atom bomb. Either all mankind will physically perish or t here w ill be a change in the moral-political condition of man. This book is an attempt to clarify what strikes us as a choice between two fantasies.”9 You could replace “the atom bomb” with “global warming” while re ...
... been created by the atom bomb. Either all mankind will physically perish or t here w ill be a change in the moral-political condition of man. This book is an attempt to clarify what strikes us as a choice between two fantasies.”9 You could replace “the atom bomb” with “global warming” while re ...
PDF - Climate Diplomacy
... board, statistical results also show that the social consequences of sudden climatic shocks, such as floods following a peak in rainfall, are very d ifferent from those of more gradual changes in climatic conditions, such as shifts in mean annual precipitation. This is not surprising, when consi ...
... board, statistical results also show that the social consequences of sudden climatic shocks, such as floods following a peak in rainfall, are very d ifferent from those of more gradual changes in climatic conditions, such as shifts in mean annual precipitation. This is not surprising, when consi ...
5 global warming
... • the causes • the consequences and impacts of global warming • understanding the cause-effect relationships between energy consumption and impacts of global warming • finding solutions: the options for preventing global warming ...
... • the causes • the consequences and impacts of global warming • understanding the cause-effect relationships between energy consumption and impacts of global warming • finding solutions: the options for preventing global warming ...
5 global warming
... the causes the consequences and impacts of global warming understanding the cause-effect relationships between energy consumption and impacts of global warming finding solutions: the options for preventing global warming ...
... the causes the consequences and impacts of global warming understanding the cause-effect relationships between energy consumption and impacts of global warming finding solutions: the options for preventing global warming ...
the global warming- extreme weather link
... geophysicist, was instrumental in establishing the first carbon dioxide measuring station at Mauna Loa in Hawaii in 1956. Another carbon dioxide measuring station was later established at Antarctica, and today we have several dozen around the world. Based on data from these stations, it is now well ...
... geophysicist, was instrumental in establishing the first carbon dioxide measuring station at Mauna Loa in Hawaii in 1956. Another carbon dioxide measuring station was later established at Antarctica, and today we have several dozen around the world. Based on data from these stations, it is now well ...
Download country chapter
... pro-poor social safety-nets; (2) comprehensive disaster management; (3) climate resilient infrastructure; (4) mainstreaming climate change; (5) capacity and knowledge enhancement; and (6) strategic natural resources management. The NAPA then highlights nine short-term priorities mainly addressing th ...
... pro-poor social safety-nets; (2) comprehensive disaster management; (3) climate resilient infrastructure; (4) mainstreaming climate change; (5) capacity and knowledge enhancement; and (6) strategic natural resources management. The NAPA then highlights nine short-term priorities mainly addressing th ...
Long-term macroinvertebrate responses to climate change
... to establish three groups: 1) cool vs. warm, 2) wet vs. dry, and 3) cool and wet vs. warm and dry for comparison, each comprising seven years. The cool/wet and warm/dry groups were established by multiplying the rankings for temperature and precipitation together to create a combined ranking that wa ...
... to establish three groups: 1) cool vs. warm, 2) wet vs. dry, and 3) cool and wet vs. warm and dry for comparison, each comprising seven years. The cool/wet and warm/dry groups were established by multiplying the rankings for temperature and precipitation together to create a combined ranking that wa ...
Climate Actions in EU and Globally
... • Relatively small potential from other agriculture categories – There is already a lot of no-till and reduced- till in the baseline (40+ % and rising over time) – Rising C prices result in reduction of no-till acres as farmers convert to forestry – Use of conventional cropping methods to produce ad ...
... • Relatively small potential from other agriculture categories – There is already a lot of no-till and reduced- till in the baseline (40+ % and rising over time) – Rising C prices result in reduction of no-till acres as farmers convert to forestry – Use of conventional cropping methods to produce ad ...
climate change and the hydrological cycle
... observing, understanding and modelling the five interconnected components that comprise the climate system: atmosphere, oceans, land surface, cryosphere, and biosphere. Feedbacks at a variety of spatial and temporal scales shape the system’s overall behaviour, and the hydrological cycle plays a crit ...
... observing, understanding and modelling the five interconnected components that comprise the climate system: atmosphere, oceans, land surface, cryosphere, and biosphere. Feedbacks at a variety of spatial and temporal scales shape the system’s overall behaviour, and the hydrological cycle plays a crit ...
post-print version of article
... Nations after World War I, which he had put so much effort into negotiating (Fiorina et al. 2004). To circumvent the required senatorial ratification, presidents often negotiate executive agreements instead of treaties. The Constitution does not explicitly give the president the right to make execut ...
... Nations after World War I, which he had put so much effort into negotiating (Fiorina et al. 2004). To circumvent the required senatorial ratification, presidents often negotiate executive agreements instead of treaties. The Constitution does not explicitly give the president the right to make execut ...
www.fni.no
... invoke authority. By contrast, European regulators were more able to ‘support their decisions in qualitative, even subjective terms. Expert judgement carried weight in and of itself as a basis for action’ (Jasanoff 2005, p. 18). ...
... invoke authority. By contrast, European regulators were more able to ‘support their decisions in qualitative, even subjective terms. Expert judgement carried weight in and of itself as a basis for action’ (Jasanoff 2005, p. 18). ...
Climate Change Impacts and Responses in Bangladesh
... national level, and policy response options have been mobilised that deal with vulnerability reduction to environmental variability in general, and more recently, to climate change in particular. In addition, Bangladesh has for some time been recognised as a particularly vulnerable country by the in ...
... national level, and policy response options have been mobilised that deal with vulnerability reduction to environmental variability in general, and more recently, to climate change in particular. In addition, Bangladesh has for some time been recognised as a particularly vulnerable country by the in ...
Paul Lumley - Tribal Leaders Climate Summit 03 10 2015
... Climate impact and non-impact pathways linking drivers and adaptation solutions ( From Brown et al. 2010 "A New Angle on Adaptive Management - Reducing Plausible Vulnerability in the Upper Great ...
... Climate impact and non-impact pathways linking drivers and adaptation solutions ( From Brown et al. 2010 "A New Angle on Adaptive Management - Reducing Plausible Vulnerability in the Upper Great ...
A climatic basis for microrefugia: the influence of terrain on climate
... this assumption, there is little explicit understanding of the climatic processes that would allow for microrefugia to exist. For instance, in a recent review, Rull (2009) states ‘Their (microrefugia) precise characteristics, besides the also speculative but necessary occurrence of favorable microcl ...
... this assumption, there is little explicit understanding of the climatic processes that would allow for microrefugia to exist. For instance, in a recent review, Rull (2009) states ‘Their (microrefugia) precise characteristics, besides the also speculative but necessary occurrence of favorable microcl ...
This paper - Brookings Institution
... its elites are committed to mitigating damages from climate change, which would be acutely felt in the country’s populous coastal regions; and the country greatly prizes policy continuity when it transitions between leaders. The country’s thirteenth five-year plan, covering 2016-2020, emphasizes env ...
... its elites are committed to mitigating damages from climate change, which would be acutely felt in the country’s populous coastal regions; and the country greatly prizes policy continuity when it transitions between leaders. The country’s thirteenth five-year plan, covering 2016-2020, emphasizes env ...
Georgia`s Climate Variability vs Climate Change
... “…I can tell you this. I have had enough experience and enough knowledge to believe that unless we reverse what is happening on this planet, my dear friends, we are going to hand our children a planet that is badly damaged.”--NY Times, Oct. 2007 quoting Sen. John McCain at the Global Warming and Ene ...
... “…I can tell you this. I have had enough experience and enough knowledge to believe that unless we reverse what is happening on this planet, my dear friends, we are going to hand our children a planet that is badly damaged.”--NY Times, Oct. 2007 quoting Sen. John McCain at the Global Warming and Ene ...
Events | Climate Action
... development in developing countries. Developing countries, in particular the most vulnerable segments of populations will be hit earliest and hardest. These also have the lesser capacity to deal with climate change. Many developing countries’ economies heavily depend on natural resources, and key se ...
... development in developing countries. Developing countries, in particular the most vulnerable segments of populations will be hit earliest and hardest. These also have the lesser capacity to deal with climate change. Many developing countries’ economies heavily depend on natural resources, and key se ...
Full-Text PDF
... decomposes a time-dependent periodic phenomenon into a series of sinusoidal functions, each defined by unique amplitude and phase values. The proportion of variance in the original time-series data set accounted for by each term of the harmonic analysis can also be calculated [25,26]. The first orde ...
... decomposes a time-dependent periodic phenomenon into a series of sinusoidal functions, each defined by unique amplitude and phase values. The proportion of variance in the original time-series data set accounted for by each term of the harmonic analysis can also be calculated [25,26]. The first orde ...
Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Food Security
... constant returns to scale technologies. Primary factor demands are derived from constant elasticity of substitution (CES) value added functions, while intermediate input demand by commodity group is determined by a Leontief fixed-coefficient technology. The decision of producers between production f ...
... constant returns to scale technologies. Primary factor demands are derived from constant elasticity of substitution (CES) value added functions, while intermediate input demand by commodity group is determined by a Leontief fixed-coefficient technology. The decision of producers between production f ...
Highlights Brochure - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... temperature has risen at almost twice the rate as the rest of the world in the past few decades. Widespread melting of glaciers and sea ice and rising permafrost temperatures present additional evidence of strong arctic warming. These changes in the Arctic provide an early indication of the environm ...
... temperature has risen at almost twice the rate as the rest of the world in the past few decades. Widespread melting of glaciers and sea ice and rising permafrost temperatures present additional evidence of strong arctic warming. These changes in the Arctic provide an early indication of the environm ...